This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to his wife, Amy Koppelman, a novelist and screenwriter, about her new book Hesitation Wounds and her recent film I Smile Back. The two discuss Amy’s lifelong battle with depression, the themes and characters of her stories, and how writing has, in many ways, saved her life. Plus, Amy talks about the letter she wrote to Philip Roth, why Per Petterson is one of her favorite authors, and how she overcame resistance from publishers and peers throughout her career.

 

Topics mentioned on today’s show include:

Hesitation Wounds by Amy Koppelman

I Smile Back by Amy Koppelman

A Mouthful of Air by Amy Koppelman

I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

Toronto International Film Festival

Daughters of the American Revolution

“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” by The Beatles

Oswald Typewriters

Columbia University

American Pastoral by Philip Roth

The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig

Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

University of Pennsylvania

Sundance Film Festival

Deauville American Film Festival

Nemesis by Philip Roth

 

People mentioned on today's show:

Amy Koppelman

Sarah Silverman

Josh Charles

Thomas Sadoski

Paige Dylan

E.E. Cummings

Kurt Cobain

Gary Gulman

Alan Hunter

Mark Goodman

Michael Cunningham

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Leo Tolstoy

Anton Chekov

Grace Paley

Touré

Richard Locke

Joan Didion

 

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